Index: The Book of Statistical ProofsGeneral TheoremsProbability theoryVariance ▷ Definition

Definition: The variance of a random variable $X$ is defined as the expected value of the squared deviation from its expected value:

\[\label{eq:var} \mathrm{Var}(X) = \mathrm{E}\left[ (X-\mathrm{E}(X))^2 \right] \; .\]
 
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